You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well, you gotta go by yourself
Well, ain't nobody gonna go there for you
You know, you gotta go
You know, gotta go there all by yourself
Now mother walked that lonesome valley
Now mother walked, she walked it, walked by herself
Oh, ain't nobody else could ever walk it for her
She had to walk it
She had to walk it by herself
Yeah, you've got to walk that lonesome valley
You gotta, gotta go there by yourself
Ain't nobody else to go there for you
Well, you gotta go, oh, there by yourself
Well, now father walked that lonesome valley
Now father walked it, he walked it by himself
Ain't nobody else could walk it for him
Well, he had to walk it
He had to walk it by himself
Well, you've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well, you gotta go there by yourself
Ain't nobody else don't wanna go there with you
Oh, you know you gotta go by yourself
Well, John was a Baptist
Now he was, he was a Jew
He wrote that holy, holy Bible
The Bible tells us
That, that he was a preacher too
Now you know you've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well, you know you gotta go there by yourself
Ain't nobody else gonna go there with you
Now you know you gotta walk there all by yourself
Well, you've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well, you know you gotta go there by yourself
Well, ain't nobody else are gonna go there with you
You know you gotta go there by yourself, by yourself